Catalogue for the auction of
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks
and Cricket Books

Held on Saturday & Sunday
14th & 15th September 2024

Lot 487
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £100
Wandering cricket club histories. Four hardback titles. ‘The Crofton Wanderers’ Cricket Tours 1883-1893’, C.W.L. Fernandes, Leeds 1893. Original black cloth with club emblem to front, replacement spine. Presentation copy to Club member H. Walton, signed by the author and dated ‘January 1/[18]94’ to inside front cover with bookplate of A.E. Winder. Bumping to original covers. ‘Annals of the Free Foresters’, W.K.R. Bedford, W.E.W. Collins and others, Edinburgh 1895. Nicely bound in quarter green calf/ cloth with raised bands, gilt title and cricket motifs to spine, marbled endpapers. Sale plate of H.A. Cohen to inside front endpaper. Minor rubbing to spine. ‘Band of Brothers 1858-1958’, Brother Bryan Tassell, privately published 1958. Original pale blue covers with black calf spine slightly chipped to head, gilt emblem and title to front. Bookplate of A.E. Winder to inside front cover. ‘Arabs in Aspic 1935-1993’, E.W. ‘Jim’ Swanton, Boundary Books 1993. Good dustwrapper. Signature of Swanton on label laid down to title page. Odd minor faults as described, otherwise in good/ very good condition.

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